NBC Adds Billy Bush-Hosted Red-Carpet Show to Kentucky Derby Coverage

Access Hollywood Host to Look at Pre-Race Parties, Celebrities, Fashion

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 4/7/2008 6:50:00 AM

It is now toast time: NBC added a half-hour to its coverage of the Kentucky Derby May 3.

Red-carpet veteran Billy Bush, from NBC Universal's syndicated magazine show, Access Hollywood, will host a Kentucky Derby red-carpet show at 4 p.m. for a look at the pre-race parties and celebrities who attend them. There will be the usual fashion watch, celebrity interviews and behind-the-scenes color.

To help cross-promote the coverage, Bush will also preview the race on the syndicated show in the week leading up to the race.

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